07/01/08: Colorado's All Time Best Solo Artist (according to the Phoenix)

Jello was named the Best Solo Artist in a Boston Phoenix "50 Bands/50 States" list identifying the all-time best musicians (and new upcoming acts) from the United States proper. Sorry Puerto Rico! Jello was recognized alongside Apples In Stereo and Devotchka. Let the debating commence!
"Jello Biafra" was conceived in San Francisco, as a yippie-fied provocateur (and leader of Dead Kennedys) battling Reaganomics with pith, politics, and poignancy that quickly transcended punk. (In a run for mayor of SF, his platform included a law mandating businessmen to wear clown suits. In a field of 10, he came in fourth.) But as any true Rocky Mountaineer knows, Jello's alter ego, Eric Reed Boucher, was born and raised in Boulder."

Why is Jello wearing a suit? Because he's the Mayor in the zombie flick RetarDEAD, which will premier on the weekend of July 11 at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.

For showtimes and ticket info, visit the Victoria Theatre calendar. The movie will be available on DVD as well; we'll most likely carry it in our mailorder, but for purchasing details and for future screenings in other cities, please visit the RetarDEAD site.

Jello will be interviewed on San Francisco's hard rock station "The Bone" and it will air midnight this Sunday the 15th of June. 107.7 FM in the Bay Area, and you should be able to listen online to Jello interviewed by Joe Rock

Nat Damm of Damm Damm Damm Design (and drummer extraordinaire of Akimbo) designed one of the two posters we'll make for Biafra Five-O. The other design will be by Chuck Sperry of Firehouse Kustom Rockart. Both limited edition posters will be available for sale at the shows (on 6/16 and 6/17), and the designs will be made into T-shirts.